Saksi Express: Oct. 15, 2024 [HD]
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00:00We will all be together in Saksi!
00:12Hacked data is being bought from other countries to be used for scams.
00:17Modus Umanoyan, 17 people were arrested in a house in Makati City.
00:21According to the NBI, the suspects came from a bigger group
00:25and are now operating in a smaller group.
00:28Saksi! Salima Refran!
00:3517 people were arrested in a house in Makati City
00:38for the purpose of love scam, crypto scam, and hacking.
00:43There's a hacker, there's a buyer of the data.
00:45We saw a program called a script that can be used to access other systems
00:51without the authority nor consent of our system owner.
00:55We assume that they have an activity in terms of hacking.
00:59According to the NBI, the suspects came from a bigger group
01:03and are now operating in a smaller group.
01:08The big group, they grouped into a smaller group.
01:13They are now occupying residential units, apartments,
01:21so that it's not obvious that they are scams.
01:27We asked them where their passport is.
01:30They said it's in the VI for the process of downgrading.
01:34It's a working visa, but they are now downgrading it as tourists.
01:37They were inquired about the online fraud and violation of the Cyber Crime Prevention Act.
01:42The GMA Integrated News tried to get hold of the suspects,
01:46but they still have no evidence.
01:49In Laguna, PAGCOR, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission of Paok,
01:55Binan LGU, and Binan Police inspected New Wave Infotech Ltd. Philippines.
02:00But they found something different.
02:02As you can see, the computers have already crashed.
02:07The monitors, the CPUs, and we saw earlier,
02:14the hard drives of those computers were downgraded and all of them are gone.
02:21Obviously, they did something wrong.
02:24Because the first thing they removed were the hard drives.
02:27So the digital evidence was removed.
02:31It's really unusual.
02:33Of course, when it closes, the first thing we do is to get the valuables.
02:39And we know that computers have value.
02:42The company is an IGL or Internet Gaming Licensee.
02:46But Paok said they have information that Lin Shun Han,
02:51a.k.a. Boss Boga, who is the Godfather of the Illegal Pugos in the country,
02:56and 12 other Chinese were caught with him.
03:00The Middle Managers of New Wave and the Bosses of other Pugos were suspected.
03:05Lin Shun Han is the Big Boss of New Wave.
03:08New Wave came from other Pugos that were raided before.
03:12We have a reasonable ground to believe that New Wave's involvement is more on scamming.
03:18Even though it has legitimate offshore gaming.
03:21Paok also said,
03:23We received a report that on Friday early in the morning,
03:26when the Boss was caught, on Thursday night,
03:29on Friday early in the morning, those who were left here were his henchmen.
03:32We are still trying to get hold of the company.
03:36Boss Boga will also be called for the next hearing of the Senate.
03:40It is said that there is also a connection with Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo.
03:44According to Paok's witness,
03:47Guo reported to Boss Boga as Madam Hua,
03:50in connection with the establishment of Pugos in Bamban, Tarlac.
03:54Of course, she was angry at first.
03:56There is no truth to these allegations.
04:00Today is the deadline for Pugos' foreign employees
04:03to downgrade their working visas
04:06as a preparation to leave the country before the end of the year.
04:11They will be given a temporary visitor visa at 59 days
04:15or almost two months to leave the Philippines.
04:18According to the Bureau of Immigration,
04:20more than 12,000 people voluntarily downgraded.
04:24The legal reason for leaving the country will not be blacklisted.
04:28We will still have the opportunity to come back to the Philippines
04:31for legal reasons.
04:33But those who will be left behind,
04:35those who did not follow the policies of our government,
04:39they will be deported and blacklisted.
04:42Paok admitted that it is not easy to downgrade the 100 illegal Pugos.
04:47They also warned the property owners
04:50that the money of the Pugos operators who are looking for jobs
04:53should not be wasted.
04:55Please make sure that you do your due diligence
04:58because if we prove that you allow your facilities to be used for illegal activities,
05:04we will lock you up.
05:05We will file a civil forfeiture to get your property from the government.
05:10For GMA Integrated News, Salima Refran, your Saksip.
05:15The police will investigate again the killings of local officials
05:19during the term of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
05:23We will ask the camera if the Confidential Funds of the Duterte Administration
05:28in the Umanoy Rewards System in the Drug War were used.
05:31Saksip, Jonathan Andar.
05:37The illegal smuggling of money to Umanoy
05:40in each drug war killings during the term of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
05:44What the House Squad Committee wants to know is
05:47where did the money come from?
05:49According to one of the chairmen of the committee,
05:51it was possibly obtained from the Intelligence Funds of Duterte.
05:54That's why the former President investigated the Intel Fund
05:58because Rohina Garma told us that the money came from there.
06:06So we need to find out where the money came from.
06:10And we're pretty sure that it came from the Intel Fund.
06:12The Quadcom will call the COA or Commission on Audit
06:15to investigate the Intelligence Funds of Duterte in his administration.
06:19We're looking for the source of the money.
06:23In the first two months, we saw that there was a sudden increase.
06:29From the former President Pinoy, the Intel Fund suddenly increased.
06:34From a certain month, it seems like a lot of money was used.
06:41According to the GMA Integrated News Research,
06:44the Confidential and Intelligence Funds of the former President Pinoy Aquino
06:50were worth P500 million in 2016.
06:51They were divided by Duterte.
06:54When the Duterte administration made the budget for 2017-2019,
06:59the Confi and Intel Funds increased five times or P2.5 billion.
07:04They increased to P4.5 billion from 2019-2022.
07:10The Confi and Intel Funds of Aquino are under the COA's audit.
07:14But the details of the findings are not made public
07:17because of its possible effect on national security.
07:19That's why Fernandez thinks that they will have a hard time investigating the Intel Funds of the former President.
07:25He said that they can make it a law based on their investigation in aid of legislation.
07:30I think it's high time that we have to strengthen our COA policy.
07:35There is an abusive intent in using the Intel Fund to kill people and pay those who perpetrate it.
07:45Then I think we need to tighten up the liquidation.
07:53The PNP will again investigate the so-called cold cases
07:57or murder cases of local officials in the aftermath of the drug war.
08:01This was followed by the revelation of former Police Colonel Ruyena Garma
08:04that there were police officers involved in the murder of Tanawan City Mayor Antonio Halili in 2018.
08:10We will look into who were involved, particularly the elected officials
08:19and other well-known personalities who died during the height of the anti-drug campaign
08:24during the time of the previous administration.
08:27The PNP is also investigating the so-called police official of Garma who was involved in the murder of Halili.
08:33He is Police Captain Kenneth Albotra, who is in the Police Regional Office 7 in Central Visayas.
08:38Kenneth Albotra was the one who interviewed by GMA Integrated News
08:42who said that Garma's allegation is not true.
08:45To be fair to him, although he's saying that he's not the one who's involved,
08:50but definitely he will be questioned with respect to this case.
08:56For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal is your witness.
09:01The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that their fishermen were put in danger
09:06by the B-4 ship and the Chinese Maritime Militia near Pagasa Island this Friday.
09:12According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry,
09:14the release of the Philippine ships is against the sovereignty of China
09:18and is against the safety of the fishing boats and the crew of China.
09:22The Philippines should stop any steps that will complicate the situation.
09:28The B-4, which is part of the territorial waters of Pagasa Island,
09:32was the first to say where the incident happened.
09:35The B-4 also said that the Chinese Maritime Militia
09:40conducted a dangerous maneuver and tried to block the B-4 ship before the wreck.
09:47More than 3 million pesos worth of white onions were seized in the province of Manila.
09:51This is because there is no valid permit.
09:54Witness is Bernadette Reyes.
09:59A 40-foot container van full of white onions
10:02was seized by the Bureau of Plant Industrial BPI in South Harbor, Manila.
10:07It weighs 25 metric tons and is worth 3.5 million pesos.
10:12The onions came from China and entered the country
10:15without a valid sanitary and phytosanitary permit import clearance
10:19or a proven passage to the standards and safe to eat.
10:23According to the BPI, an import permit was issued for the import of 16,000 metric tons of white onions
10:30but for it to be supplied from September to December.
10:34We saw that they were clearing yellow onions
10:38but we were not issuing yellow onions at that time in July.
10:43So we immediately reported this to the Bureau of Customs
10:50and they immediately issued a hold order.
10:54According to the Bureau of Plant Industry,
10:56the harvest season for onions will resume in January
10:59which is why 16,000 metric tons of white onions will be enough
11:04for the upcoming holiday season.
11:07According to the store owner,
11:08it is a big help that there is an onion supply so that the price does not go up.
11:12In the past, onions were expensive.
11:15So now, it's a good thing that we don't have a hard time finding onions.
11:20In the monitoring of the Department of Agriculture,
11:22the price of imported white onions varies from 70 to 180 pesos per kilo.
11:29Local onions range from 90 to 140 pesos
11:31while red onions range from 75 to 140 pesos per kilo.
11:36In the holiday season, the price tends to increase.
11:40We are also making sure that there is a supply
11:42so they cannot increase or spike the price.
11:47For GMA Integrated News, Bernadette Reyes, your success story.
11:58In the midst of the continuous expansion of social media,
12:01fake news has spread like trolls.
12:04And some of them were talked to by GMA Integrated News
12:08and asked how they worked as a spreader of fake information.
12:14Witness, Marie Zumali.
12:21In the abundance of what is seen and read online,
12:25do you know which is true and which is fake news?
12:29Fake news is made up of information that appears to be true,
12:34that is far-fetched and manipulated by the public.
12:38In a study conducted by Dr. Jonathan Ong and Dr. Jason Cabañas,
12:43it started to gain popularity in the Philippines in the 2016 election.
12:48What we found was that it's more normalized for politicians to be doing digital operations.
12:55For some people, yes, it is explicitly political.
12:58They want to be elected into office.
13:01And one of the most lucrative and most available jobs is digital operations.
13:07One of the fools was the former graduate, Chris.
13:12His name is not real.
13:14Because he was looking for a job in 2015,
13:17he jumped to the bright side.
13:21At first, he was just a moderator of a Facebook page
13:24that will be used in the election.
13:26Until...
13:27At first, they told us to monitor the comments,
13:30to block the comments,
13:32to block those who say that it's not good.
13:36But at first, we had to make content or posts
13:40that will destroy the opponent of our candidate.
13:44Chris didn't know that he was doing a troll.
13:49He didn't know the word troll in 2015.
13:52It's very simple.
13:54The caption is ready,
13:55the pictures are ready,
13:57where you will post it,
13:59what time you will share it.
14:01How much salary did you get?
14:03I started with P17,000.
14:07We were paid in cash.
14:09What was the most powerful thing you wrote?
14:11We accused a candidate of being a troll.
14:15Because our client's opponent is not proven to be a troll.
14:23This is where Chris slowly felt that there was something wrong.
14:27Every day, our boss pressures us to think that
14:32this can be thrown at the opponent,
14:34even if it's not true,
14:36even if it's exaggerated.
14:39But you still beat him.
14:41Uhm...
14:43Yes.
14:44I'm making money,
14:45so why would I stop?
14:48It's about time.
14:50The hierarchy is simple.
14:51It's the structure of a troll farm.
14:54The client,
14:55or the one who benefits from disinformation,
14:57is the boss.
14:59Next is the troll operator or consultant
15:02who is in charge of the entire operation.
15:05And they are the troll workers
15:06who spread misinformation
15:08using stolen identities
15:10that they usually get from other countries,
15:14particularly in Southeast Asia.
15:16There are bosses
15:17and they won't ever call themselves a troll,
15:21but they are actually
15:22the real masterminds of the operations.
15:26They will dictate the talk points
15:28and the main kinds of stories.
15:31In this kind of work,
15:34Val is not a real name.
15:36He was hired to be a digital operator,
15:39the best country for troll workers.
15:42But he did not enroll as a candidate,
15:45but as a businessman
15:46with the competence of the company that hired him.
15:49We are the trolls, ma'am.
15:50We steal from everyone.
15:52We use all kinds of accounts.
15:54Oh, yes.
15:56Their service is really bad.
15:58The system is corrupt.
16:01According to Chris and Val,
16:03people can easily be trusted.
16:05Topics that instill fear,
16:08anxiety, or resentment,
16:10these are the topics
16:12that are really attacked by trolls.
16:14And this is what they use
16:17to use as digital weapons, really,
16:20to steer the conversation,
16:22to draw people's attention.
16:25What's sad is that
16:27even politicians who are angry at fake news
16:30are forced to use trolls.
16:32It's becoming more normalized.
16:34It's becoming more professionalized.
16:36It's more expected now
16:38that we need to fight too.
16:40We need to be meme wars too.
16:44But in the midst of spreading false information,
16:47we can still do something
16:49to fight fake news.
16:51We need to empower workers,
16:53empower our students
16:55to have better vocabulary of ethics,
16:57better vocabulary of good and bad practice.
17:00It's like we're overlooking
17:02the questions of ethics.
17:07Val and Chris admitted
17:09that their illegal job
17:11is to live every day in fear.
17:17In the end,
17:19they were the ones
17:21who decided against it.
17:23It's like guilt, ma'am.
17:25It's like you were deceived, ma'am,
17:27and now you're deceiving yourself.
17:30I don't want to be hypocritical.
17:32A lot of money will be lost.
17:34But I can't ignore my conscience.
17:36What I'm doing is wrong.
17:38It's really wrong.
17:39I can't ignore it.
17:42We have the power
17:44to fight fake news.
17:46Let's start by being
17:48appreciated by others
17:50because our freedom
17:52to live in truth
17:54is very important.
17:56For GMA Integrated News,
17:58Maris Umali is your witness.
18:06Olivia Rodrigo's fans
18:07were shocked
18:09when she fell
18:11during her concert in Australia.
18:22Olivia even made a joke
18:24and jumped from the open trapdoor
18:26on the stage
18:28where she fell.
18:30Phil-am Popstar assured
18:32her fans that she was saved
18:34and not injured.
18:35She even went to Melbourne
18:37for her G.U.T.S. World Tour.
18:45My dear friends,
18:47you will be challenged
18:49but the view is worth it
18:51at the Prayer Mountain in Quirino.
18:53And the falls in Ilocosur
18:55which is a 2-in-1 resort
18:57because there are rice terraces as well.
18:59Travel as a witness
19:01to CJ Torrida
19:03of GMA Regional TV.
19:06Rice terraces
19:08at first glance
19:10but
19:12there is something
19:14that will open
19:16this path
19:18in Cervantes, Ilocosur
19:20because of the beautiful rice fields
19:22that became majestic
19:24because of the Borayuk Falls.
19:26The attraction is picture-perfect
19:28that is like a fusion
19:30of the hands of the Cervantes
19:32who built the rice terraces
19:34and the rice fields.
19:37Another falls
19:39that makes you fall
19:41in Nueva Vizcaya
19:43is the Bantif Falls
19:45that is a pride of the Bambang people.
19:47The water that falls
19:49in the rock formation is white.
19:51For those who want to take a selfie
19:53they can also go up
19:55in the middle of the waterfall.
19:57And for a more enjoyable trip
19:59they also have a tour guide
20:01to help you.
20:03Let's go to La Union
20:05a hidden gem
20:07that is like Caicanan Falls
20:09at the boundary of San Juan and San Gabriel.
20:11An extra challenge
20:13is the 1 hour walk.
20:15It's worth it
20:17because of the beautiful view
20:19of the growing rock formation.
20:25It's a long walk
20:27but the view is worth it
20:29at Mount Moraya
20:31in Nagtipunan, Quirino.
20:33It's a prayer mountain
20:35where you can listen
20:37to the worshippers
20:39praying while enjoying
20:41the breathtaking view.
20:43But prepare your footwear
20:45because 210 steps
20:47will take you
20:49to the top of the prayer mountain
20:51for GMA Integrated News.
20:53I'm CJ Torrida
20:55of GMA Regional TV
20:57Your success!
20:58Success!
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